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Waitable vs Wainable - What's the difference?

waitable | wainable |

As adjectives the difference between waitable and wainable

is that waitable is implementing a wait/notify functionality while wainable is capable of being ploughed or cultivated; arable; tillable.

waitable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (computing) Implementing a wait/notify functionality.
  • * 1997 , Daniel Appleman, Dan Appleman's Visual Basic 5.0 programmer's guide to the Win32 API , Ziff-Davis Press, ISBN 9781562764463, page 1160:
    • This function cancels a waitable timer operation. The timer remains in its current state and will not restart until explicitly started
  • * 2005 , Alex Martelli et al., Python Cookbook, Second Edition , O'Reilly Media, Inc., ISBN 9780596007973, page 381:
    • In a [certain] Win32 application, you need to process messages, but you also want to wait for kernel-level waitable objects, and coordinate several activities.
  • (of a period of time) Worth waiting, reasonable to wait.
  • * 2000 September 17, "PHill" (username), " Re: Abit KG7 worth the wait?", in alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd, Usenet :
    • ---2 months can change a lot--- bringing up '2 years' is ridiculous. 2 months is waitable .
  • Available or accessible within a period of time that is reasonable to wait.
  • * 1998 July 6, "CapnHook" (username), " HELP!!!!!!!!!!", in alt.disney.disneyland, Usenet :

    • wainable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Capable of being ploughed or cultivated; arable; tillable.
    • (Cowell)
    (Webster 1913)